The Steel Remains

English language

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978-0-575-08481-0
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The Steel Remains (2008) is a fantasy novel by British writer Richard K. Morgan. It is the first fantasy book by Morgan, a noted science fiction author known for the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy and the standalone novels Market Forces and Black Man. The Steel Remains is the first book in the A Land Fit For Heroes trilogy. A Land Fit For Heroes was originally the working title of the book, and was retained as the series title after first Morgan and the UK publisher, and then the US publisher, decided to title the book The Steel Remains. The following two volumes, The Cold Commands, and The Dark Defiles, were published in 2011 and 2014 respectively.

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1 star

Lately, I feel like I'm giving up on books more quickly than ever. But I think a big part of that is because when I do force myself to slog through a book I'm not enjoying, I read less and less. There are plenty of good books out there, so why stick with a disappointing one?

This one was tough to get through even 4 chapters. To tell the truth, I stuck with this book for even that long because of how much I enjoyed Morgan's previous books. I remember there were times in each of his books that I felt the pace dragging a bit, but it always picked up. That wasn't the case here.

It might simply be that I don't read that much fantasy literature, but whatever the cause, I just never got into this book. As far as Morgan's novels, I'll stick with the sci-fi when …